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Almost 85% of these accidents had occurred when the vehicles had blue lights on, with 44 injuries sustained on call to serious incidents.

The number of blue light crashes more than trebled year-on-year, as there were 13 reported cases in 2014/15, but 44 the following year.

One firefighter is injured in a road crash in London every week (Image: PA)

The vast majority of these injuries occurred when personnel were travelling on fire engines, and one was injured while in a car or van.

No firefighters were killed in 2015/16, but one member of non-service personnel was injured in collisions with fire engines, which may include members of other emergency services or members of the public.

Injuries from accidents when driving without blue lights, however, has decreased from 11 to eight.

24 more firefighters were injured in the line of duty than the previous year (Image: PA)

Injuries from road crashes in Greater London make up most of the country's statistics, as across England, there were 69 members of fire service personnel injured in road accidents while travelling on blue lights in 2015/16 - the highest number since at least 2010/11.

London bucks the national trend as there were 2,764 accidents involving fire vehicles in across England in 2015/16, down 2% from 3,260.

Statistics show that fire appliances with blue lights on were more likely to be involved in accidents in 2015/16.

There were 808 incidents, compared to 770 in 2014/15, while the number of accidents without blue lights dropped from 1,226 to 1,121.

The Fire Brigade Union has been contacted for comment.

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